Osvaldo Lopez, YouthBuild Student

YouthBuild is a good program where young adults can get their G.E.D. YouthBuild provides students with a second chance to amend bad decisions made in their past. Since enrolling in YouthBuild, I have learned to be responsible, mature, and a leader. read more »

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Testimonial by Edwin Espinoza, a young adult in the CDCB Youthbuild program:

Edwin Espinoza, Age 20

YouthBuild is an educational program that helps young adults change their lives for the better. As young adults, we make bad decisions. It is because of bad decisions that we have dropped out of school. YouthBuild has provided me with a second chance to obtain my G.E.D., leadership training, and a sense of appreciation for what I have. read more »

For the past 13 years, I have shared a passion for a program known as YouthBuild. From the time I was hired to help plan and implement a program that would assist dropout youth with GED classes and housing construction, to its present reality of being part of an international movement with new construction technologies in “green building”, the Community Development Corporation of Brownsville/YouthBuild program continues to move forward in creating a pathway for young people toward success. read more »